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Alexander Lukashenko: Belarus, Russia manage to agree normal routine for market conditions

Belarus and Russia have managed to agree a normal routine the two countries will follow working in absolute market conditions, guided by global prices. The Belarusian government had presented the information to the president earlier, said Alexander Lukashenko when answering reporters’ questions at a polling station today. “It will be much better for us than last year”, explained the Belarusian leader, commenting on the resolution of the problem of Russian oil supplies to Belarus. “I think at this stage we don’t have problems with hydrocarbon raw stock supplies”, he added. Alexander Lukashenko also stated, Belarus “encouraged no one to shut off the pipeline”. “We performed our functions in a most bona fide manner. Therefore, we are not the ones that should be questioned. We have nothing to do with the tensions growing around the oil pipeline”, stated the president. Alexander Lukashenko explained, Belarus had agreed to extremely unprofitable natural gas supplies contracts in exchange for a promise to ensure normal oil supplies from the Russian Federation to Belarus.